For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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Gill's Exposition
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed,.... What is before declared, the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of the Assyrian, and everything else that comes to pass in this world; there is nothing comes…
Barnes' Notes
For the Lord of hosts - (see the note at Isa 1:9). Who shall disannul it? - Who has power to defeat his purposes? Difficult as they may be in appearance, and incredible as their fulfillment may seem,…
The destruction of Babylon and the Chaldean empire was a thing at a great distance; the empire had not risen to any considerable height when its fall was here foretold: it was almost 200 years from…
This plan of Jehovah embraces the destinies of all nations (see ch. Isa 28:22; Isa 10:23; Isa 8:9). The expression "the whole earth" is not to be restricted to the Assyrian Empire, nor on the other…
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